jgaffner

jwhite6114 wrote:Thanks Jeff ... once more, updated the spreadsheet to reflect this price. This has quickly turned from a "really, woot, this is just about retail price," to "Holy cow! How do you make any money on this?"

Who said anything about making money. I love what I do and hope someday to make money.
Jeff

jgaffner

aces219 wrote:I was disappointed in the '04 Parmelee-Hill Syrah (it was good, but I felt like it was bad QPR - too young? others agreed with me) I'm still holding a bottle but the Cellartracker window was really short. Jeff, will this continue to improve if I hold it?

I'm very interested in the zin, so if you convince me that I will like this syrah better I might be in. Might need to wait for the rats.

aces219
This Syrah is from Flora Ranch and is very northern Rhone, so much so that one of my customers from a very famous restaurant in Yountville asked me if I had fermented the pig in the tank with this wine. Because he thought it was the most north Rhone like Syrah he had ever had from California.
Cheers
Jeff Gaffner
Saxon Brown Wines

clayfu

andyduncan wrote:It was, though this is from a different vineyard. The 2004 that was up on WW was the Parmelee-Hill “Camp Block” Syrah. This is the Flora Ranch Chalk Hill Syrah.

very true, different vineyard. I thought the Camp Block was good.. but i would not pay over $30 for it. I felt it was lacking in the strong fruit backbone, the flavors came and went. Maybe i should drink another one soon.. we'll see.

But different vineyards completely change the wine. I've seen same winery, same vintage, different vineyards just producing stark stark contrasts in wine.

I'm in love with Syrah's from the central coast tho. Manos, the Hands of Fate blows my mind at their price points.

LBISurfer2

After all this wonderful praise from so many respected opinions, and my love of Zinfandel AND Syrah basically made it impossible to stay out. I have never tried Saxon Brown wines before, and love the idea behind the way the wine is made. I find field blending to be a very interesting process, I am taking a trip up to Nor-Cal at the end of the month and this is one winery I would LOVE to get a closer look at. It sounds beautiful. . . . Basically what I am trying to say is:

LuluS

Am travelling for work this week. Hope the housesitter was able to pick up the Ty Caton set at UPS for me... I've got my w.w shipping set to will-call since The Employer frowns on personal deliveries at work.

And yeah, what's lit up Idaho on the map this week? Was it the airport reference in the wine story?? Fo shame!

darisgin

clayfu wrote:very true, different vineyard. I thought the Camp Block was good.. but i would not pay over $30 for it. I felt it was lacking in the strong fruit backbone, the flavors came and went. Maybe i should drink another one soon.. we'll see.

But different vineyards completely change the wine. I've seen same winery, same vintage, different vineyards just producing stark stark contrasts in wine.

I'm in love with Syrah's from the central coast tho. Manos, the Hands of Fate blows my mind at their price points.

WebBull

yonj46

mozart23 wrote:Paul Draper is my hero! I only wish I could pick up wine club orders at the winery instead of paying to ship it 20 miles

As someone who keeps a very modest wine budget, I have sprung on occasion. I purchased a bottle of 1987 Ridge Monte Bello for a Bachelor Party Dinner in Las Vegas. It crossed my mind it might be past it's peak and the sommelier thought the same. However come dinner time it was drinking flawlessly. Absolutely the best wine I've ever had and this was in a supposed off vintage.

No relation to this thread, other than the fact that Paul Draper makes Zin

ddeuddeg

bhodilee wrote:It's hard for bulls to do math, hooves make it really difficult to hold a pencil.

I guess they can't read the rest of the posts, either. This has already been addressed ad infinitum.

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. - Hester Browne
Filmmaker/winemaker Francis Ford Coppola says his two professions are almost the same and that each depends on source material and takes a lot of time to perfect.
The big difference: "Today's winemakers still worry about quality."

ArcheDiver

So my normal day off is wednesday, but had some personal things to take care of and swapped with someone so I could be off today. Boss just calls me to tell me that both my Dry Creek reds AND my Twiseted Oak orders arrived today. I'm thinking this cannot wait until tomorow. Guess I'm going in to work today after all.

HitAnyKey42

LuluS wrote:Am travelling for work this week. Hope the housesitter was able to pick up the Ty Caton set at UPS for me... I've got my w.w shipping set to will-call since The Employer frowns on personal deliveries at work.

How did you get it set up that UPS will call you when it arrives so that you can pick it up, instead of it having to go through an initial failed delivery attempt before you can pick it up?

ddeuddeg

HitAnyKey42 wrote:It's because I decided I can't buy this offering, sad as I am about it. And I'm sure plenty of others that went in for 27 bottles of Ty Caton are in the same boat as me.

Really! And it's not just the TC, either. There's been a lot of really irresistible offers here the last couple of months.

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. - Hester Browne
Filmmaker/winemaker Francis Ford Coppola says his two professions are almost the same and that each depends on source material and takes a lot of time to perfect.
The big difference: "Today's winemakers still worry about quality."

barrymccochener

HitAnyKey42 wrote:It's because I decided I can't buy this offering, sad as I am about it. And I'm sure plenty of others that went in for 27 bottles of Ty Caton are in the same boat as me.

I'm not so sure there are plenty of others who went in for 3x 3x Ty Caton because they didn't have the self restraint not to. Many restrained to allow themselves to experience a wider variety of wine such as this offer, and others were able to afford the 27 and this.

Sort of kidding, but you do talk a lot about not purchasing considering you went for 27 in a week, took a week off, then purchased the Twisted Oak. What happened to one order a month? Bad HAK...

jwhite6114

barrymccochener wrote:I'm not so sure there are plenty of others who went in for 3x 3x Ty Caton because they didn't have the self restraint not to. Many restrained to allow themselves to experience a wider variety of wine such as this offer, and others were able to afford the 27 and this.

Sort of kidding, but you do talk a lot about not purchasing considering you went for 27 in a week, took a week off, then purchased the Twisted Oak. What happened to one order a month? Bad HAK...

We all have our limits -- and when we reach them the choice is taken from our hands

oppsie

fairnymph wrote:Yeah, it's gonna be a tight fit. My apt is about 30% books, 60% electronics, and then a loveseat and a bed.

The problem is that I live above a pool hall, and across the street (literally, within view from my windows) of both an incredibly obnxious nightclub and a hub postal office. So cigarette smoke, and INSANE STREET NOISE leaks through an AC. It's pure hell. I am moving when my lease is up, but that's not till september and my wine will be dead by then.

norvegicus

DonaldWilliams wrote:I know it can be risky, buyer beware and all that, but don't overlook craigslist. I found a new Magic Chef 50 bottle wine cooler (with a scratch on the side, but it's going in the basement wine cellar, so who cares about that?) in Buffalo for $95.

jgaffner

mbrengman wrote:Holy Carp! I've been labratted! but with a 2006 Syrah?. Its only 100F in Va today so showed up at work little warm to the touch. More to follow tonite.

OK OK OK I’m an WAFFLES! TASTY WAFFLES!, I pulled the wrong vintage and gave David the 2006 Syrah Flora Ranch – very sorry! I guess you get to be one of the few people who get to taste this will before release. I wish I could tell you it’s really one of the perks of being a “labrat” and David made me do it, but no the winemaker screwed up - I’m very sorry. As far as the wine the 06 and the 05 both have the same “site signature”.
Cheers
Jeff Gaffner
Saxon Brown Wines

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